Woven fabric.



J. M. WHITTEMORE.

WOVEN FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1913.

1,130,868, Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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JOHIN M. WHITTEMORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WOVEN FABRIC.

Application filed April 21, 1913. Serial No. 762,596.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M; WrrITTE- MORE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Woven Fabrics, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention is more particularly an improvement in rag carpeting andrugs, but the invention may be embodied in fabrics intended to beapplied to a variety of uses.

The invention consists in a woven fabric composed wholly or in part ofyarns or strands consisting of a strip of woven ma terial surrounding acore composed of a pa per cord, or of other suitable core material insome instances. Usually I employ the cored rag-yarn or strand as Weft orfilling, and interweave it with warps of other and usually finermaterial.

The drawing illustrates a portion of a woven fabric which is anembodiment of the invention.

The rag weft or filling is represented at a, and b, b are fine warpthreads. The rag weft or filling is interwoven with the warp threads inthe usual manner of producing rag carpeting.

The appearance of a fabric such as that represented in the drawing issimilar to that of rag carpeting, but is superior, owing to the greateruniformity and fullness of the rag weft or filling, and the fabric ismuch more substantial and solid and has a better cushioning effect thanordinary rag carpeting containing a corresponding amount of cloth in itsconstruction.

The invention enables an excellent rag carpeting or rug to be producedat low cost. At the present time it is diflicult to procureSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

a suflicient quantity of rags or cuttings of cloth for use as weft orfilling in the manufacture of rag carpeting or rugs on a commercialscale, and the cost of the necessary rags, or of the weft or fillingwhen composed of ordinary webs of cloth cut up into strips, in themanufacture of ordinary rag carpeting is relatively high. In ordinaryrag weft or filling a considerable proportion of the rags or cloth ofwhich the same is composed is hidden within the interior of the weft orfilling, and serves only to give body or substance. The invention, byconstituting the body or interior portion of the weft or filling of lessexpensive material, reduces the cost of the woven fabric, and enables itto be sold to the purchaser at a relatively low price. The invention isnot restricted to the use of paper as the material of the core orfilling. Other materials may otherwise prepared.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. A woven fabric consisting wholly or in part of strands or yarnscomposed of an exterior of woven material in strip form, and a core orfilling constituting a relatively large body orinterior for the saidstrands or yarns.

2. The herein described woven rag carpeting consisting of a rag weft orfilling composed of an outer strip or covering of woven material instrip form, and a core or constituting a relatively large terior for thesaid rag weft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. IVHITTEMORE.

Witnesses:

J. W. BROADBENT, NATHAN B. DAY.

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filling :be used, such for instance as low priced fibrousmaterialproperly spun, twisted, or

